Seeing Space

Turn in nearly any direction these days, and you’ll likely come across scenes of apocalypse. Scientists, politicians, novelists and Hollywood pitchmen — everyone has a vision of the Earth’s undoing and the role we humans will play in its decline. Artist Davin Watne has also been pondering such dark concerns lately. His new exhibit, Life Is a Collision, opens tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. at Review Studios Exhibition Space (1708 Campbell, 816-471-2343).What began as an interest in car accidents, Watne says, has morphed into an examination of the effects people have on the spaces they use and a speculation about animals’ responses to our dominion over them. Watne is a Kansas City Art Institute graduate who has exhibited nationally and internationally. He collaborated with fellow grad Dylan Mortimer to create the Art in the Loop commission “Uplifted Arms,” which sits at the bus plaza at 10th Street and Main.

Review Studios

Fri., March 14, 2008